Comparison

Slyder vs SwiftBoard for iPhone

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Slyder

Enhance your typing experience with a customizable keyboard offering extensive gesture controls for navigation, deletion, and text manipulation. It supports multiple languages and offers personalized themes and feedback options.

Highlights
  • Extensive gesture controls
  • Multi-language support
  • Customizable themes
  • Emoji recommendations
  • Copy/paste history
  • Adjustable keyboard height
Features
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Slyder is a lightweight keyboard built around gestures — slide anywhere to move the cursor, drag the delete key to erase and undo, and keep the tools you actually use one tap above the keys. TYPE IN 38 LANGUAGES Japanese かな 12-key flick and ローマ字 with kana→kanji conversion. Chinese 简体拼音 and 注音. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu with full right-to-left layouts. Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Greek, Korean, English and many more — every one with the same gestures. GESTURES THAT SAVE TAPS - Slide anywhere on the keys to move the cursor, letter by letter - Drag the space bar to move word by word - Drag delete left to erase, right to bring it back - Swipe down to dismiss, swipe up for the number row MAKE IT YOURS - Themes matched to your iPhone color, or a gradient you build yourself - Choose the font your keys are drawn in - An extra row of favorites — buttons, phrases, links, folders - Adjustable keyboard height TOOLS BUILT IN - Clipboard history and a one-tap paste button - Emoji and emoticon suggestions that learn as you type - Cool Fonts and Fun Text - Generative AI with web search - Insights into how you type iCLOUD BACKUP Settings, folders, colors, clipboard, emoji and stats back up to your own iCloud and restore onto a new iPhone in one tap. ON iPAD A native iPad layout with a full number row and Apple-parity key sizing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SwiftBoard for iPhone

This app provides a highly customizable and stable iOS keyboard extension. It offers extensive theming options, advanced features like haptic feedback and swipe selection, and prioritizes user privacy by processing all data on-device.

Highlights
  • Haptic Feedback
  • Alternate Text with Gestures
  • Extra Number Row
  • Swipe Selection
  • Multi-language Auto-correct
  • Full Themeing Support
  • Keyboard Resizing
  • On-device Privacy
Features
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NOTE: The name has been changed from "SwiftBoard for iOS" to "SwiftBoard for iPhone" SwiftBoard is an iOS keyboard extension built from the ground up to provide speed, stability and customization. SwitBoard provides every setting and customization option you would expect from a keyboard and much more. Some of the features SwiftBoard prides itself on: - Haptic Feedback - Alternate Text with Special Key Gestures - Extra Number Row - Swipe Selection - Multi-language auto-correct - Full Themeing Support - Keyboard resizing - Privacy Themes: - Customize every aspect of the keyboard - Create and save unlimited themes - Choose colors from the SwiftBoard color picker - Choose colors with custom hex code - Set gradian for keyboard background - Set key colors, corner radius and more Privacy Your privacy our top concern with SwiftBoard. Unlike other keyboards, SwiftBoard sends ZERO information to external servers. Every single thing you do or type with SwiftBoard remains on device, making SwiftBoard one of the safest iOS keyboards for your privacy. Closing Remarks I have poured hundreds of hours into SwiftBoard and I hope that you enjoy using SwiftBoard as much as I have enjoyed creating it for you. Let me know if you have any suggested features or fixes and I will be sure to take a look!

Screenshots

Slyder4 screens
SwiftBoard for iPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slyder at 69% against SwiftBoard for iPhone's 23%. Slyder also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 198). SwiftBoard for iPhone's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and SwiftBoard for iPhone sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 198, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Slyder's written reviews are positive against 23% of SwiftBoard for iPhone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slyder ships an update every 10 days, SwiftBoard for iPhone every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slyder versus SwiftBoard for iPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlyderSwiftBoard for iPhone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better3.4 (198 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews — better22.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better198
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiho ChunJoseph Holt

Customer experience

Slyder

All ratings1,649 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews261 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.9%

SwiftBoard for iPhone

All ratings194 ratings
Positive56.2%
Neutral8.2%
Negative35.6%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral19.3%
Negative58.0%

User reviews

Slyder

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and responsive keyboard
  • 👍 Highly customizable with many options
  • 💡 Innovative features like top bar customization
  • 👍 Comfortable for users with large fingers
  • 👍 Allows adding a number row above the keyboard

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🐛 Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
  • 🐛 Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
  • 🐛 Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
  • 💰 Paywall for removing ads and accessing premium features

SwiftBoard for iPhone

From 198 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⌨️ Extra row with numbers and punctuation on main keyboard
  • 📱 Haptic feedback feature enhances typing experience
  • 🎨 Highly customizable keyboard appearance and settings
  • ⚡ Fast typing speeds for experienced users
  • ✅ Accurate spell check functionality

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent swiping gestures for character selection
  • 🔒 Requires full access permissions with data privacy concerns
  • 💰 Aggressive paywall - features locked behind Pro version
  • ⌨️ Keys too narrow, small input zones cause missed keypresses
  • 🐢 Significant lag and slowness when typing quickly

Bugs and requests

Slyder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
  • Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
  • Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
  • Issues with the keyboard when using the emoji/special character section

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add autocorrect and text prediction features
  • Allow customizing the favorite bar when switching keyboard layers
  • Add support for more languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Urdu
  • Improve stability and reduce bugs
  • Allow disabling the full access permission request

SwiftBoard for iPhone

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Pro version purchase not activating or showing 'pending' status
  • Keyboard not working after granting full access
  • Keyboard jumps or auto-returns after each word
  • Spacebar requires multiple taps to register
  • Backspace/delete key unresponsive or laggy
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  • Autocorrect applies without warning and cannot be easily overridden
  • Autocapitalization inconsistent or disabled after backspace
  • Haptic feedback not working despite being enabled
  • App crashes and bounces back to default keyboard
  • Keyboard disappears or vanishes in landscape mode
  • Keys don't enlarge when pressed (blocking view)
  • Swiping gestures fail to register consistently
  • App freezes during typing
  • Incompatible with corporate device management (MobileIron)
  • Keyboard not appearing in certain apps despite being enabled

Requested features

16 requests
  • Swipe-to-type word input functionality
  • Support for multiple languages (Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic, etc.)
  • Larger keyboard size with bigger keys and text
  • Adjustable haptic feedback intensity control
  • Key pop-up animation like stock iOS keyboard
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  • Hold-to-select alternative characters (Android-style)
  • More theme and customization options
  • Dark mode option
  • One-handed keyboard mode
  • Emoji support and better emoji selection
  • Wider spacebar and delete key
  • Remove or reduce globe key size
  • AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboard layouts
  • Better autocorrect training system
  • In-app help documentation and tutorials
  • Keyboard font customization

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Slyder

Subscriptions5
  • Plus$0.991 Month
  • Premium$3.997 Days
  • Plus$7.991 Year
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  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium$59.991 Year
One-time7
  • Support $0.99$0.99
  • Support $1.99$1.99
  • Support $2.99$2.99
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  • Support $4.99$4.99
  • Support $9.99$9.99
  • Support $29.99$29.99
  • Support $99.99$99.99
5 purchases

SwiftBoard for iPhone

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • SwiftBoard Pro$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
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  • Large Tip$4.99
  • Massive Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Slyder free?
Slyder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwiftBoard for iPhone free?
SwiftBoard for iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slyder or SwiftBoard for iPhone?
Slyder is rated higher. Slyder averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while SwiftBoard for iPhone averages 3.4 from 198 ratings.
Do Slyder or SwiftBoard for iPhone have ads?
Neither Slyder nor SwiftBoard for iPhone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slyder or SwiftBoard for iPhone?
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, and SwiftBoard for iPhone every 11 days. Most recently, Slyder was updated on October 21, 2026 and SwiftBoard for iPhone on October 20, 2026.

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